MoonPay has rolled out PayBox, a new AI payments tool that can be connected to ChatGPT or Claude, according to The Block. The product is designed to let AI assistants prepare transactions for activities such as booking flights, reserving restaurants, and making online purchases. Users can either require passkey approval for every transaction or set spending limits that allow the AI to complete payments on its own. PayBox combines a crypto wallet with a payment card and supports cross-chain transactions based on the x402 agent payment standard. At launch, it works with Solana and a range of EVM-compatible networks, including Ethereum, Hyperliquid, Tempo, Base, Robinhood Chain, Arbitrum, and Polygon. MoonPay said it plans to add support for more AI platforms and DeFi features, including token swaps and perpetual futures trading, within the next month. The company also said wallet private keys are protected through MPC and TEE, while card information is stored in a way that lets AI agents complete purchases without accessing the underlying card details.

Crypto.com Custody said it will provide institutional-grade custody and liquidity services for XYO and XL1, giving qualified institutions and high-net-worth clients a regulated route to store, manage, and exchange the two tokens. The move also marks XL1’s first listing on a major trading platform after its token sale. According to the announcement, assets will be held in client-segregated MPC wallets and through a bankruptcy-remote entity. Private keys are protected with multi-party computation running inside trusted execution environments, while clients can also access cold storage, audit trails, and Crypto.com’s institutional liquidity services. Crypto.com President and COO Eric Anziani said digital asset organizations need custody solutions that combine security with liquidity. XYO co-founder Markus Levin said the relationship between the two sides has continued to expand after XYO first listed on the Crypto.com exchange. The announcement also referenced Citadel Securities’ $400 million investment in Crypto.com at a $20 billion valuation in July 2026, and the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s conditional approval in February 2026 for the company to establish Crypto.com National Trust Bank.

Economists expect the Bank of England to leave interest rates unchanged at this week’s meeting even as renewed conflict in the Middle East pushes energy prices sharply higher. Since the Monetary Policy Committee’s last meeting in June, the collapse of the U.S.-Iran ceasefire has sent global oil prices back to around $100 a barrel, while European natural gas prices have climbed to their highest level since the early stage of the conflict. If shipping routes in the Gulf remain disrupted, economists said oil prices could rise further. Even so, recent UK data has given policymakers room to stay on hold. The economy performed better than the MPC had expected in the early phase of the conflict, with GDP rising 0.7% in the three months through May. Inflation has also come in below expectations for three straight months, with CPI easing to 2.6% in June. Wage growth, one of the main sources of domestic inflation pressure, has slowed, and food price increases have moderated. Economists said the MPC is likely to keep rates unchanged on Thursday while signaling that it stands ready to tighten policy if energy prices rise sharply again or if a one-off shock turns into more persistent inflation.

Sui Foundation and Mysten Labs said on July 22 that they have launched the testnet for Hashi, a Bitcoin collateral protocol designed to let BTC support on-chain lending and credit markets without being wrapped into synthetic tokens or moved through a cross-chain bridge. Under the setup described by the teams, Bitcoin remains on the Bitcoin network, while deposits are secured through a 2-of-2 multisignature structure that requires signatures from both Hashi MPC validators and an independent Guardian Layer. Loan terms and collateral positions are recorded on-chain so lenders can review the backing behind each position. More than 25 institutional partners are already testing Hashi’s lending and credit applications, including Bitgo, Cumberland, FalconX, Ledger, Blockdaemon, Bullish, and Sui ecosystem lending platforms Navi and Scallop. Wave Digital Assets has also committed to advancing a three-year tokenization plan for a Bitcoin yield bond on Sui after Hashi reaches mainnet. No mainnet launch date has been announced.

Binance Alpha listed Arcium (ARX) on June 22, with airdrop requiring 225 Alpha Points for 172 ARX. ARX has 1B supply, 20.88% unlocked at TGE, $14M in funding, and targets confidential computing on Solana.

WalletConnect now links more than 700 wallets with over 65,000 apps. This article compares five privacy-focused wallets and breaks down their differences in permission review, session control, signing safeguards, and hardware isolation.

HuoCore Wallet says it plans to launch around May 26, 2026, with a 5 million HST reward pool for early users. The product highlights AI agent functions, MPC-based key management, and gas subsidies tied to HST holdings.

Crypto market rally extends: Bitcoin holds $66K, XRP jumps 4.1% to $1.23, Solana gains 4%, Hyperliquid surges 10.4%. Small-cap tokens like Block Street soar 75.6%. TRX and DOGE see slight losses.